Czechs and Slovaks to meet again

Prague (Reuter) - The Slovak leader, Vladimir Meciar, is to meet his Czech counterpart, Vaclav Klaus, in Brno today for further discussions on the future of the Czechoslovak republic.

The announcement came as a surprise after Mr Meciar on Monday called off a meeting scheduled for tomorrow on the grounds that Mr Klaus's Civic Democratic Party (ODS) had failed to fulfil its commitments from previous meetings.

The ODS and Mr Meciar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), winners of June's general election, disagree about the future set-up of the country.